Figuring out where we fit in the grand scheme of things

5:25 PM,
Nov. 16, 2012

Dave Parsons

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Dave Parsons
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There was a full moon on a clear night last week, and I had to discontinue whatever random act I was performing at the time to take it in. I couldn't help admiring the stars beyond it, contemplating the sheer vastness of the universe and relating it to the serendipitous collection of insignificant molecules that comprises my corporeal existence.

This is why I try to avoid looking up at night. It's hard to maintain an elevated sense of your own self-worth when compared to the mind-numbing scale of the cosmos.

Those of us with fragile egos get enough reminders of our own insignificance in our humdrum ...